Sunpak
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Sunpak was a Japanese manufacturer of photographic equipment, namely third-party electronic flashes.
History
[edit]Sunpak's first product, a compact flash unit called the Sunpak 7, was released in 1963, although the company was only incorporated in 1972.[1]
Sunpak was a popular brand of auto-thyristor flashes in the 1970s and 1980s.[2] Along with on-camera and handle-mounted "potato masher" flashes, the company produced various flash accessories as well as a waterproof flash.[3]
In 2007 Sunpak — at the time the lighting division of Tocad Energy — was merged with Sea&Sea, a manufacturer of accessories for underwater photography; the combined entity was renamed to SEA&SEA SUNPAK Co.Ltd.,[4] while Tocad America continued to be the brand's U.S. distributor.
By mid-2019, with no formal announcement, Sunpak's website was reverted to show Tocad Energy as the company's legal entity,[5][6], while the 2007 corporate site (www.ss-sp.com) redirected to Sea&Sea's. In 2022 Sunpak's website was reduced to a single page in Japanese merely mentioning the discontinuation of support for all products.[7]
List of products
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- AP-52 Handle Mount Flash
- Auto14 flash
- Auto 16R Pro
- Auto20 flash
- Auto 32B flash
- Auto 383 Super
- Auto zoom 600 flash
- D macro
- DC7 Flash
- G Flash
- PF20XD
- PF30X
- PZ40X
- PZ42X
- PZ5000AF
- RD2000
- Remote Lite II
References
[edit]- ^ "[Company Profile]". Sunpak. Archived from the original on 2012-02-13.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Wright, Matt (2021-05-09). "Everything you wanted to know about auto (thyristor) flash photography ...but were afraid to ask". EMULSIVE. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
- ^ Sunpak Electronic Flash Systems: Shining New Light On Your Creativity. Sunpak Division, Berkey Marketing Companies. 1985. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
- ^ "Brand History". SEA&SEA. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
- ^ "[Company Profile]" (in Japanese). Sunpak. Archived from the original on 2021-09-23.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "[Home page]". Sunpak. Archived from the original on 2019-07-18.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "[Home page]" (in Japanese). Sunpak. Archived from the original on 2022-08-18.
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